"A map of the British American plantations, extending from Boston in New England to Georgia; including all the back settlements in the respective provinces as far as the Mississippi." An exceptional map of the American colonies and backcountry...

A color map showing Tennessee roughly at the time of statehood in 1796, drawn by Lucas Fielding. This topographical map shows early counties, roads (including the Natchez Trace), crossings on the Tennessee River near the Muscle Shoals, the Mero...

Beautiful color map of Tennessee as it appeared in 1822, soon after the cession by treaty of Chickasaw lands between the Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers. The map shows the newly formed West Tennessee counties in different colors and short-lived...

Carte-de-visite of Edward L. Buford who joined the 3rd Tenn. Inf. in May 1861 and was captured at Fort Donelson in February 1862. He was captured again in May 1864 at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and sent; to Rock Island, Illinois. Buford was...

Made to accompany a Report on the Improvement of that Stream for the navigation of it by Steam Boats; in obedience to a Resolution of Congress dated April 26, 1834 by Howard Stansbury, U.S. Assist. Civ Eng.; Taken from Matthew Rhea Map of Tennessee...

Pension documents of Francis Diane Davis, widow of Pvt. Noah Louis Davis, Co. K, 9th Tenn Cav. USA. This pension was granted in the amount of $25 per month. Some of the back-and-forth correspondence between Dept. of Interior bureaucrats and Mrs....

View of the arched Henley Street Bridge that spans the Tennessee River at Knoxville. The river is low, exposing mud and shoals. Atop the hill in the background is the University of Tennessee campus (Science Hall and Ayres Hall). A train on the...